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Before 22-year-old Amanda Gorman dazzled a battered nation with a poignant poem at the Biden inauguration, before former presidents and first ladies sought her for pictures and before newspapers and TV shows lined up for interviews, she was a teen writing poems for a local competition at the Los Angeles Public Library. Gorman, who grapples with a speech impediment, had to be coaxed into entering the contest by a mentor.
She was unforgettable. Gorman was crowned LA Youth Poet Laureate in 2014, then National Youth Poet Laureate in 2017. The title earned Gorman an invitation to perform at the Library of Congress, where she caught the eye of future first lady Jill Biden, who recommended her for the inaugural stage.
Amanda Gorman Signs Modelling Contract with Same Agency that Represents Hadid Sisters and Kate Moss
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After shooting to fame for the recital of her moving poem The Hill We Climb at last week s Inauguration ceremony of US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, young poet laureate and activist Amanda Gorman is now putting the model in role model. Quite literally. The poet has been signed on by IMG Models, the talent management agency that represents supermodels like Kate Moss, Cara Delevigne, and more recently the Hadid sisters Gigi and Bella.
The announcement was made on social media by the modelling agency and is being said to be a move to allow Gorman a space to push her editorial ideas and stands through endorsements in fashion and beauty.
A viral inauguration poet is getting another day in the spotlight.
The NFL has announced that poet Amanda Gorman, who drew rave reviews during Joe Biden’s Presidential Inauguration, will be a part of the Super Bowl LV pre-game show on February 7 in Tampa, Florida. She will become the first poet ever to perform at the Super Bowl.
The 22-year-old Los Angeles poet will recite a new poem before the official coin toss, to recognize some Americans for helping their communities during the coronavirus pandemic.
The NFL selected educator Trimaine Davis, nurse manager Suzie Dorner, and Marine veteran James Martin as honorary captains for embodying the “It Takes All of Us” messaging the league has pushed this year.
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Within hours of Amanda Gorman s reading of the inaugural poem last week, bookstores were hearing from their customers.
“Hopefully this will be a bridge that brings a lot of people to poetry,” says Mike Wysock, who manages The Book Stall in Winnetka, Illinois.
Interest in the 22-year-old Gorman and demand for her work has not slowed down since much of the world discovered her and “The Hill We Climb,” a highlight of the ceremony marking President Joe Biden s assuming office. Two books scheduled for September, the picture story “The Change We Sing” and a poetry collection featuring “The Hill We Climb, have occupied the top two spots on Amazon.com for the past week. The release of the fourth-ranked book, a standalone edition of “The Hill We Climb,” has been moved up from April 27 to March 16 and will include a foreword from Oprah Winfrey.